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The Surgeon General’s (SG) Video Contest for Youth and Young Adults invites young Americans to speak up about tobacco and tell us why they are not buying it.

In conjunction with the 2012 Surgeon General’s Report, “Preventing Tobacco Use among Youth and Young Adults”, the CDC invites youth aged (13-17) and young adults ages (18-25) to develop original videos that feature one or more of these SG Report findings:

Cigarette smoking by youth and young adults immediately begins a sequence of health consequences including addiction, reduced lung function, asthma, and heart disease.

Advertising and promotional activities by tobacco companies have been shown to cause the onset and continuation of smoking among adolescents and young adults.

Use of tobacco products by youth and young adults shows signs of increasing after years of steady decline.

6. Videos should not include endorsements of private products, services, or enterprises.

7. Videos containing profane language, violence or weapons, sexually explicit content, or personal attacks on people will not be considered.

8. Videos containing material that is obscene, offensive, or slanderous will not be considered.

9. Videos containing material that promotes bigotry, racism, or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age will not be considered.

Judging Criteria

Creativity, Use of one or more key SG Report findings, and Use or inclusion of the official SGR findings website
Submissions should focus on the health impacts of tobacco use and how young people perceive influences from their peers and/or environments to smoke, including how the tobacco industry may influence their choices through targeted products and marketing.